Essential Guide to Telecommunications, The, Third Edition

Chapter 10. Globalization

In this chapter...

• The Impetus to Deregulate

• Latin America

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa and the Middle East—Emerging Markets

• Conclusion

This chapter focuses on the largest markets in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Deregulation and improvements in telecommunications have created intense competition for long distance, high-speed access to the Internet, Internet services for business and cellular calling. For the most part, monopolies still control local services.

Many carriers and equipment suppliers have expanded their operations.

• SBC has investments of more than $25 billion in 23 countries in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Spain's Telefonica controls a large part of the infrastructure in South America. NTT DoCoMo owns 16% ...